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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Mali	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	24,587

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Mali, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.